34th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110205229 | Portable Globe Creation for a Geographical Information System - Portable globes may be provided for viewing regions of interest in a Geographical Information System (GIS). A method for providing a portable globe for a GIS may include receiving a selected region corresponding to a geographical region of a master globe. The method may further include organizing geospatial data from the master globe based on the selected region and creating the portable globe based on the geospatial data. The portable globe may be smaller than the master globe and include greater geospatial data for the selected region than for the remainder of the portable globe. The method may include transmitting the portable globe to a local device that may render the selected region at a higher resolution than the remainder of the portable globe in the GIS. A system for providing a portable globe may include a selection module, a fusion module and a transmitter. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205230 | SUBDIVIDING GEOMETRY IMAGES IN GRAPHICS HARDWARE - A system may include a graphics memory, a data bus, a processor, and a vertex shader. The data bus may be operatively connected to the graphics memory. The processor may send vertex data to the graphics memory via the data bus. The vertex shader may read the vertex data from the graphics memory and may subdivide the vertex data into subdivided vertex data. The vertex shader may also write the subdivided vertex data to the graphics memory. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205231 | MAPPING DATA IN ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS FOR OPERATIONAL VISIBILITY - Novel tools and techniques for generating map displays to graphically illustrate financial performance. In one aspect, a map display might employ a coloration scheme that distinguishes among various ranked regions to illustrate, for example, revenue performance (which can be measured by any of a number of metrics), to allow a user to quickly understand the relative performance of a product line across a number of regions. In another aspect, a map display might correlate a first set of revenue information (or other financial information) with other data sets, such as sales force data, competitive sales data, and/or the like, to allow a user to quickly identify correlative patterns in the two data sets. Such map displays might feature two maps side-by-side, or might superimpose a map of one data set over a map of another data set, to assist in the user's visual analysis. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205232 | VECTOR IMAGE DRAWING DEVICE, VECTOR IMAGE DRAWING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A vector image drawing device has the following configuration. A contour generation unit ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205233 | Constraint-Based Ordering for Temporal Coherence of Stroke Based Animation - A renderer allows for a flexible and temporally coherent ordering of strokes in the context of stroke-based animation. The relative order of the strokes is specified by the artist or inferred from geometric properties of the scene, such as occlusion, for each frame of a sequence, as a set of stroke pair-wise constraints. Using the received constraints, the strokes are partially ordered for each of the frames. Based on these partial orderings, for each frame, a permutation of the strokes is selected amongst the ones consistent with the frame's partial order, so as to globally improve the perceived temporal coherence of the animation. The sequence of frames can then, for instance, be rendered by ordering the strokes according to the selected set of permutations for the sequence of frames. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205234 | OPERATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An operating device includes a receiving section for, when set values using respective reception screens relating to a further workflow selected in a selection input section are input, receiving these set values and set values input using respective reception screens relating to a workflow previously selected in the selection input section as set values applied for a series of functions as a combination of the selected further workflow and the workflow previously selected in the selection input section. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205235 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an operating unit configured to calculate a tangent-line direction of an edge and a normal-line direction of the edge by using a vertical-direction derivative value and a horizontal-direction derivative value of a pixel value of a pixel in an input image; a converting unit configured to convert local coordinates positioned within a predetermined area with respect to a target pixel in the input image into rotated coordinates, by rotating the local coordinates according to an angle formed by the horizontal direction and the tangent-line direction of the edge; and a fitting unit configured to perform, at the rotated coordinates, a fitting process that employs a least-squares method by using a curved surface model expressed with the pixel value of the target pixel in the input image. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205236 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A texture processing unit | 2011-08-25 |
20110205237 | Adaptive Sampling Region for a Region Editing Tool - Properties of pixels in a digital image are sampled within different subdivisions of an editing tool impression to produce different property distributions. The different subdivisions can automatically alter their size, geometry, and/or location, based on image content within one or more of the subdivisions, in order to encompass a set of pixels having a substantially uniform distribution of a pixel property. Uniformity can be defined relative to the editing operation or context of the image. The property distributions from each region are classified to identify different edit classes within the property space, which are then used to apply an edit effect to the digital image within the tool impression. The edit classes may be represented by an edit profile in two or more dimensions. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205238 | CLIENT BROWSER IMAGE RENDERING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system and method for displaying a transformation of a server image on a display, the server image is stored on a server and has a first dynamic range, the display has a second dynamic range, the second dynamic range is less than the first dynamic range. The method includes the steps of selecting a desired window level; determining a server window level, where the server window level contains the desired window level; performing a window level operation on the server image at the server to generate the server window level; transmitting the server window level from the server to a client; determining a third window level so that the third window level when combined with the server window level is substantially equal to the desired window level; performing the third window level on the server window to yield the desired window level; and displaying the desired window level on the display. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205239 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COLOR INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for generating color information in a mobile device is provided. The apparatus detects at least two target colors and then calculates a cyan (C) coordinate, a magenta (M) coordinate, and a yellow (Y) coordinate of each detected target color in a CMY coordinate system. Also, the apparatus generates mixed color information about a mixed color of the target colors, being based on the C coordinate, the M coordinate and the Y coordinate of each target color. A method is further provided to generate color information in the mobile device. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205240 | Implementing Lighting Control of a User Environment - A system and method for controlling lighting conditions in a user environment whereby bandwidth consumption may be managed is disclosed. An inner frame area and an outer frame area adjust certain lighting conditions in the user environment in response to certain lighting conditions detected by the image capture device as those conditions affect bandwidth consumption during transmission of the image capture data. The frame areas may be dynamically controlled as to affect the brightness and/or color of the particular user environment. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205241 | FIGURE DRAWING DEVICE, ANTI-ALIASING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The edge segment setting unit ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205242 | Augmented Reality Design System - An augmented reality design system is disclosed. The augmented reality design system allows a user to create a design for an article in real time using a proxy. The system can be configured using a head mounted display for displaying at least one virtual design element over a proxy located in a real-world environment. The system can also be configured using a projector that projects at least one virtual design element onto a proxy located in the real world. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205243 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including: an input image acquisition unit for obtaining an input image generated by taking an image of a real space; an image recognition unit for recognizing, when a first user-input representing a start of manipulation is detected, a manipulator used for manipulating a virtual object, wherein the manipulator appears in the input image; a calculation unit for calculating, according to a result of the recognition of the manipulator provided by the image recognition unit, a position on a screen of a display device at which the virtual object is to be displayed; a display control unit for displaying the virtual object at the position of the screen of the display device calculated by the calculation unit; and a communication unit for transmitting, when the first user-input is detected, a first notification signal for notifying the start of manipulation to another apparatus displaying the same virtual object. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205244 | STYLUS INPUT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention enable stylus input on a display device coupled to a processor. According to one embodiment, a stylus control unit detects the presence of a stylus within a display area of a display device and then displays a pair of frames including luminescent images on the display device. Furthermore, luminescent measurement data is transmitted from the stylus to the stylus control unit, and stylus position information is sent to a computer processor based on the received luminescent measurement data. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205245 | System and Method for Provisioning Energy Systems - The invention provides systems and methods for provisioning a site with an energy system such as a solar energy system. A system according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a user interface module providing a graphical user interface for receiving information from a user, for example a potential purchaser. The information includes location information for the site to be provisioned. An image retrieval module is coupled to the user interface module and to a source of geographical information. The image retrieval module retrieves at least one image of the site corresponding to the location provided by the user. A sizing module is configured to enable a user to measure an installation surface represented in the image. Energy system components are selected based on the measurements. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205246 | VIRTUAL FEATURES OF PHYSICAL ITEMS - Physical objects are placed on an interactive surface. Features of the physical objects are detected, as is position information of the physical objects. Callouts are then presented next to one or more features of the physical objects. Some of the callouts present information related to the features and/or physical objects. Some of the callouts are interactive. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205247 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a signal transmission apparatus including a two-pixel sampling out control section, a word sampling out control section, and a readout control section. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205248 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A display device in accordance with the present invention includes: a timer ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205249 | DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A repair step of repairing a pixel resulting in a defective bright spot so as to display the pixel in black is included. In the repair step, a drain portion of a TFT of the pixel resulting in the defective bright spot is shorted to a corresponding gate line, and in the pixel resulting in the defective bright spot, a semiconductor layer portion of the TFT is cut to allow electrical isolation between a corresponding source line and the corresponding gate line. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205250 | Organic Light Emitting Display and Driving Method Thereof - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprises: an OLED; a driving transistor for supplying driving current to the OLED; a data line for transmitting a corresponding data signal to the driving transistor; a first transistor having a first electrode connected to one electrode of the OLED and a second electrode connected to the data line; and a second transistor having a first electrode connected to the data line and a second electrode connected a gate electrode of the driving transistor, wherein the first transistor, the second transistor, and the driving transistor are turned on, a first current and a second current are respectively sunk in a path of driving current from the driving transistor to the OLED through the data line, and a threshold voltage and mobility of the driving transistor are calculated by receiving a first voltage and a second voltage applied to the gate electrode of the driving transistor corresponding to sinking of the first current and the second current through the second transistor and the data line, and the data signal transmitted to the data line is compensated. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205251 | PASSIVE EYEWEAR STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING SYSTEM WITH FREQUENCY SELECTIVE EMITTER - An electronic display device includes a frequency selective light source configured to generate light having a first spectral range of visible light and a second spectral range of visible light. The second spectral range of visible light is distinct from the first spectral range of visible light. The device has a plurality of sequentially updatable picture elements, and at least one of the picture elements is optically aligned with the frequency selective light source such that the light generated by the frequency selective light source provides illumination to the picture element. The device further includes a display device controller coupled to the frequency selective light source, which is configured to select, in response to an update of at least one of the picture elements, one of the first spectral range of visible light and the second spectral range of visible light, to be provided by the frequency selective light source. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205252 | Display device, driving method of display device, and driving method of display element - Disclosed herein is a driving method of a display device. The display device includes display elements arranged in a form of a two-dimensional matrix and each have a driving circuit and a light emitting section. The driving circuit includes a driving transistor having a gate electrode and source/drain regions and a capacitance section, and a current flowing through the light emitting section via the source/drain regions of the driving transistor. The driving method includes the step of performing a first writing process, a second writing process, and then setting the gate electrode of the driving transistor in a floating state. A current corresponding to a value of a voltage retained in the capacitance section for retaining a voltage of the gate electrode of the driving transistor with respect to a source region of the driving transistor flows through the light emitting section, so that the light emitting section emits light. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205253 | Method and Device for the True-to-Original Representation of Colors on Screens - The invention relates to a method and a device for screen calibration for the true-to-original reproduction of surface colors, the spectral reflection distribution of which is known, wherein by setting parameters the screen can be influenced using software and an electronic controller in each partial region of the screen. The invention is characterized in that an observer adapts the reproduced color impression of the screen to the color impression of an original in each partial region of the screen, wherein the original is compared to the screen colors immediately thereafter on the screen surface and the screen parameters are varied until the color impressions of the original and of the screen appear identical to the observer on the respectively viewed partial screen, viewed from a predefined observer angle, and the settings performed are stored in a screen profile. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205254 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To suppress deterioration of quality of a still image displayed with a reduced refresh rate. A liquid crystal display device includes a display portion that is controlled by a driver circuit and includes normally white mode (or normally black mode) liquid crystals, and a timing controller for controlling the driver circuit. The timing controller is supplied with an image signal for displaying a moving image and an image signal for displaying a still image. The absolute value of a voltage applied to the liquid crystals in order to express black (or white) in an image corresponding to the image signal for displaying the still image is larger than that of a voltage applied to the liquid crystals in order to express black (or white) in an image corresponding to the image signal for displaying the moving image. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205255 | Organic electroluminescence display device and method for driving the same - In an organic electroluminescence display device ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205256 | Display device - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display device includes a backlight unit that is divided into a plurality of blocks and is driven by the divided blocks, and includes at least one optical assembly, a display panel positioned over the backlight unit, a controller that outputs local dimming values corresponding to brightness of the blocks of the backlight unit, in accordance with an image displayed in the display panel, and a BLU driver that controls brightness of the blocks of the backlight unit using the local dimming values. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205257 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: an LCD controller configured to output a plurality of image signals in parallel; a plurality of signal lines respectively corresponding to the plurality of image signals to be outputted in parallel; a plurality of terminal portions respectively connected to the plurality of signal lines; and delay circuits configured to delay a plurality of image signals, which are divided into a plurality of groups to the extent that the sum of each value of a current flowing through each signal line does not exceed a predetermined current value and outputted from a plurality of terminal portions, by a predetermined delay time from each other among the plurality of groups. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205258 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LUMINANCE CONTROL METHOD, LUMINANCE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An LED controller ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205259 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING DISPLAY MODES - A field sequential display includes at least two lamps which output different colors and a controller. The controller is configured for receiving information from a host device in which the field sequential display is incorporated, selecting, based on the received information, a display mode from a plurality of preset display modes, and outputting signals indicating brightness levels with which to illuminate the at least two lamps based on the selected display mode. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205260 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of main data lines, a plurality of sub-data lines, a switch circuit and a pixel array. The gate lines are configured to transmit a plurality of gate driving signals, while the data lines and sub-data lines are configured to transmit a plurality of data driving signals. The switch circuit controls the paths through which the data driving signals are transmitted to the sub-data lines. The pixel array includes a plurality of first and second pixel units. Each first pixel unit displays images according to the gate driving signal received from a corresponding gate line and the data driving signal received from a corresponding main data line. Each second pixel unit displays images according to the gate driving signal received from a corresponding gate line and the data driving signal received from a corresponding sub-data line. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205261 | PRINTER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a first reading module that reads product information indicating a product from an unspecified product tag located in the vicinity of the first reading module. The printer may further include an acquisition module that acquires related information of a product indicated by the product information, which is read by the first reading module, from a server which stores related information regarding respective products, and a storage module that stores the related information acquired by the acquisition module. Further, the printer may include a second reading module that reads the product information from a particular product tag located in the vicinity of the second reading module, and a read-out module that reads out the related information, from among the related information stored in the storage module. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205262 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING INK JET INKS - The present invention pertains to process for preparing an aqueous inkjet inks and more particularly to a process for using a milling device with a compatible solvent, a pigment and a polymeric dispersant. While milling a fluid is added to increase the pressure in the mill leading to a dispersion of the pigment with a polymeric dispersant. The polymerically dispersed pigment is then mixed into an aqueous media. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205263 | CONTROLLABLE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS FOR EFFICIENT INK USE - A method of controlling in a printer the maintenance of an inkjet printhead supplied with fluid from a plurality of fluid sources, the method includes the steps of (a) monitoring the usage of the plurality of fluid sources; (b) identifying a preferred fluid source for use in a maintenance operation based on the monitored usage of the plurality of fluid sources; and (c) performing the maintenance operation using a first quantity of fluid from the preferred fluid source. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205264 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, CARRIAGE UNIT,PRESSURE CONTROL METHOD, AND LIQUID EJECTION RECORDING DEVICE - Provided are a liquid jet head, a carriage unit, a pressure control method, and a liquid jet recording apparatus, which are capable of increasing or decreasing pressure of liquid to an optimum value by precisely measuring the pressure of the liquid when the liquid is jetted from a nozzle. The liquid jet head includes a jetting portion ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205265 | ABNORMALITY JUDGMENT APPARATUS AND ABNORMALITY JUDGMENT METHOD OF LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - An abnormality judgment apparatus of a liquid supply system which supplies liquid from a liquid tank to a liquid ejection head via a liquid flow channel, includes: a pressure change application device which applies a pressure change to the liquid flow channel; first and second pressure measurement devices which measure a pressure in the liquid flow channel; and an abnormality judgment device which performs abnormality judgment and identification of an abnormal location in the liquid supply system, according to measurement values measured by the first and second pressure measurement devices before and after the pressure change is applied by the pressure change application device. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205266 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system formed of a computer device and a large size ink jet printer transmitting and receiving a data with the computer device is disclosed, which comprises said large size ink jet printer including a printer head injecting an ink on a printing object which is to be printed; an ink pump supplying an ink to the printer head; a head controller controlling the operation of the printer head; a carriage with the printer head; a carriage driving part moving the carriage in at least one direction; a data path board receiving and analyzing the data from the computer device and transferring a control signal to the head controller for controlling the printer head; an ink supply control board controlling the operation of the ink pump; and an I/O (Input and Output) controller board receiving the data from the computer device, the data path board and the ink supply control board and analyzing and transmitting the data, and the computer device including a RIP (Raster Image Process) program converting an image/text signal into an image/text raster (bit map) image data for printing; and a carriage driving part control program controlling the operation of the carriage driving part of the large size ink jet printer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205267 | Ink cartridge - Any of an improved conventional, a refillable, or a continuous ink supply system (CISS) ink delivery apparatus, including a housing comprising one or more walls defining a chamber therein, a structural feature configured during use to detachably engage with a reciprocal receiving portion of a printer device, a fluid dispensing port extending through a first wall of the housing, and a siphon structure comprising a curved fluid-conducting conduit originating at the chamber and extending to the fluid dispensing port. Additionally and/or alternatively with respect to the siphon structure, an improved ink delivery apparatus includes any one or more of an automatically resettable chipset, a detachable cover plate and/or a fluid (gaseous and/or liquid) input port. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205268 | METHOD FOR INK TANK PRESSURE REGULATION - A method of regulating pressure in an ink tank including biasing an aperture of the ink tank to a closed position, withdrawing ink from an outlet port of the ink tank to provide a reduced internal pressure in the ink tank. The aperture is opened in response to the reduced internal pressure in the ink tank. The aperture leads to ambient atmospheric pressure outside the ink tank. The biasing step can include using biasing a valve member with a predetermined force against a valve seat at a contact region between the valve member and the valve seat. Opening of the aperture can include moving the member away from the valve seat in response to a difference in pressure between ambient atmospheric pressure and the reduced internal pressure in the tank. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205269 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF A LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - In a highly integrated printing head forming an image with continuously ejected ink droplets, there are disadvantages of a high cost for a control circuit and wirings due to a large number of the wirings for charging electrode, a difficulty for ensuring electrical insulation between the wirings having a narrow pitch and a high density, and an induced voltage in the wirings due to the mutual induction therebetween. Therefore, the present invention is to divide a plurality of nozzles into a plurality of groups, shift production timings to each other between the groups, and apply a charging voltage via a common wiring to which the charging electrodes corresponding to each other between the groups are commonly connected. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205270 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD WIRING MEMBER AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A wiring member for a liquid ejection head enables reducing the size of the liquid ejection head. A flexible printed circuit | 2011-08-25 |
20110205271 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CARRIAGE TRAVEL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage configured to travel with a recording head configured to eject liquid droplets being mounted thereon; a first encoder including a first encoder scale placed along a traveling direction of the carriage and a first encoder sensor configured to read the first encoder scale; an antiphase member configured to travel in opposite phase from the carriage; a second encoder including a second encoder scale placed along a traveling direction of the antiphase member and a second encoder sensor configured to read the second encoder scale; and a control part configured to control the travel of the carriage in accordance with the detection result of the first encoder and the detection result of the second encoder. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205272 | DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF INCREASING NUMBER OF TONES EFFICIENTLY - A voltage-set-information storing section stores two or more kinds of voltage sets each including a combination of first and second voltages for each number of droplets ejected from an ejection port within a single recording cycle. A voltage applying section is configured to apply the first voltage to an active portion of a first piezoelectric layer and to apply the second voltage to an active portion of a second piezoelectric layer based on image data of the image. The voltage applying section is configured to select one of the two or more kinds of voltage sets stored in the voltage-set-information storing section and to apply each voltage constituting the selected voltage set to the active portions of the first and second piezoelectric layers. The voltage sets are classified by a degree of temporal overlapping of pulse-shaped voltages included in the first and second voltages. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205273 | DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING RECORDING QUALITY WHILE SUPPRESSING DETERIORATION OF ACTUATOR - First and second piezoelectric layers are stacked from a side closer to an opening of a liquid channel formed in a channel member in this order, and are sandwiched between electrodes with respect to a stacking direction. A driving-signal generating section generates an ejection driving signal for ejecting droplets from an ejection port and a non-ejection driving signal for vibrating a meniscus formed in the ejection port without ejecting droplets from the ejection port. A voltage applying section applies, based on image data, a voltage corresponding to the ejection driving signal to one of the first and second piezoelectric layers, and applies a voltage corresponding to the non-ejection driving signal to another one of the first and second piezoelectric layers during a period in which the voltage corresponding to the ejection driving signal is not applied to the one of the first and second piezoelectric layers. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205274 | METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND DRIVE SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A method of driving a liquid ejection head adapted to apply a voltage to the liquid ejection head to eject a liquid including a polymer is provided. The method includes raising the voltage from a first voltage to a second voltage; raising the voltage from the second voltage to a third voltage at a gradient larger than that in raising the voltage from the first to the second voltage, and then holding the voltage at the third voltage; dropping the voltage from the third voltage to a fourth voltage, and then holding the voltage at the fourth voltage; raising the voltage from the fourth voltage to a fifth voltage, and then holding the voltage at the fifth voltage; dropping the voltage from the fifth voltage to a sixth voltage, and then holding the voltage at the sixth voltage; and raising the voltage from the sixth voltage to a seventh voltage. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205275 | Recording device and control method therefor - A recording device having a recording head including a nozzle line that eject ink from nozzles arranged in a transfer direction of a recording medium, a carriage, a moving device that moves the carriage forward and backward, a transfer device that transfers the recording medium, an ejection control device that forms a detection pattern by ejecting the ink, a two-dimensional sensor that detects the detection pattern, an analyzer that analyzes the image data of the detection pattern, and a detection device that detects misalignment of the printed dots, the ejection control device having a first dot group formation device that forms a first dot group, a second dot group formation device that forms a second dot group, and a third dot group formation device that forms a third dot group, the detection pattern being formed of the first dot group, the second dot group, and the third dot group. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205276 | RECORDING HEAD ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording head adjustment method includes: a dot row forming step of causing relative movement between a recording medium and a recording head in which a plurality of sub-heads each including a plurality of recording elements are joined together, and driving the plurality of recording elements at prescribed drive timing with respect to each of the plurality of sub-heads in such a manner that dot rows for the respective sub-heads are formed in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of the relative movement; a step-difference amount calculation step of measuring positions in the direction of the relative movement of the dot rows for the respective sub-heads in a situation where a range of a part of the dot rows formed by an overlapping portion between the mutually adjacent sub-heads where recording rates represented by number of dots per unit surface area are substantially same as each other is set as a measurement object, and obtaining an amount of step difference between the sub-heads represented by difference or ratio of the measured positions in the direction of the relative movement of the dot rows for the respective sub-heads; an adjustment value calculation step of calculating an adjustment value for the drive timing of the plurality of recording elements with respect to each of the plurality of sub-heads according to the obtained amount of step difference; and a drive timing adjustment step of adjusting relative drive timing with respect to each of the plurality of sub-heads according to the calculated adjustment value. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205277 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THAT STORES A PROGRAM EXECUTED BY A CONTROL UNIT THAT CONTROLS THE RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device is provided that records images on a recording medium and cuts the recording medium. The recording device includes a printer having a print head that prints on a recording medium, a recording medium feed motor and a platen that convey the recording medium, a cutter unit that cuts the recording medium printed by the print head, and a control unit that controls the recording medium feed motor, the print head, and the cutter unit. The printer prints images by means of the print head while conveying the recording medium, stops feeding the recording medium when the recording medium is cut by the cutter unit during printing, and after the cutter unit finishes cutting the recording medium, feeds the recording medium a specific length in reverse before resuming printing by the print head. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205278 | CONVEYING APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND CONVEYING METHOD - A conveying apparatus includes a holding part that holds a recording medium in the form of a roll and rotates, a clamping unit that clamps the recording medium downstream from the holding part along a conveying route, a regulating member that regulates a position of a side end of the recording medium in a width direction intersecting the conveying direction between the holding part and the clamping unit in the conveying route, a drive unit that rotatably drives the holding part in a forward direction to unwind the recording medium and a reverse direction to rewind the recording medium, and a controller that controls a drive state of the drive unit. The controller controls the drive unit so that, after the holding part is driven forward, the holding part is driven in reverse. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205279 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to discharge ink onto a recording medium, a carriage on which the recording head is mounted and which is configured to make a reciprocating movement, a cutter unit mounted on the carriage and configured to cut the recording medium, a detection unit mounted on the carriage and configured to detect a distance to the recording medium, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the recording apparatus. The ink jet recording apparatus includes a first process for detecting an amount of a change in the distance to the recording medium by the detection unit when the recording medium is cut by the cutter unit, and a second process for detecting the distance to the recording medium by the detection unit while the cutter unit is retracted if the change amount equal to or more than a predetermined value is detected in the first process. The control unit determines that the state of the recording medium is abnormal when the distance to the recording medium detected in the second process is equal to or less than a predetermined value. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205280 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus is equipped with an upstream side conveyance unit arranged on a conveyance upstream side of a recording head and a downstream side conveyance unit arranged on a conveyance downstream side thereof. The inkjet recording apparatus obtains, by recording a test pattern on a sheet, a conveyance correction amount when conveyance is performed solely by the downstream side conveyance unit. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a control unit which, when effecting an arbitrary recording, effects control such that, when a sheet trailing edge leaves the upstream side conveyance unit, a rotating position of a drive side roller of the downstream side conveyance unit is the same as the rotating position of the drive side roller when the test pattern is recorded. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205281 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING RECORDING HEAD IN IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - The image recording apparatus includes: a recording head in which a plurality of recording elements are arranged over a length corresponding to a recordable width of a recording medium; a conveyance device which performs conveyance to cause the recording head and the recording medium to move relatively to each other one time only in a conveyance direction, a reference line being arranged on the conveyance device; an image output device which records a prescribed image on the recording medium through the recording head; a sensor which reads the reference line on the conveyance device, and reads the prescribed image on the recording medium recorded by the image output device; and a displacement evaluation device which evaluates a displacement between the reference line and the recording head in accordance with a result of reading the reference line by the sensor and a result of reading the prescribed image by the sensor. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205282 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYANCE METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits onto a recording medium a treatment liquid including an aggregating agent having a function of increasing a viscosity of ink; an ink ejection device which ejects droplets of the ink onto the recording medium; a conveyance device including: a conveyance body having curvature by which the recording medium is carried and conveyed, a holding device which holds a conveyance direction leading end of the recording medium, a plurality of suction holes for suctioning the recording medium with negative pressure, and a suctioning device which performs suctioning via the suction holes; a heating device which heats the conveyance body and the recording medium from an opposite side of the recording medium to the conveyance body; and a non-contact-type recording medium restricting device which is provided on an upstream side of the heating device in terms of a direction of conveyance of the recording medium so as to press in a non-contact fashion a trailing end of the recording medium from the opposite side to the conveyance body. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205283 | DROPLET DETECTING DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTER - Provided is an ink detecting module ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205284 | Liquid Ejecting System And Liquid Accommodating Container - A liquid ejecting system includes: a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid; a container holder to which a liquid accommodating container main body is detachably attached; a circuit substrate which is movably provided in a side face along an attachment direction of the liquid accommodating container main body; a connector terminal which is attached to a side face of the container holder, which is in parallel with an attachment direction; and a movement member which is provided in the container holder and moves the circuit substrate from a position at which the circuit substrate is separated from the connector terminal to a position at which the circuit substrate makes contact with the connector terminal when the liquid accommodating container main body is attached to the container holder. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205285 | INKJET RECORDING INK - An inkjet recording ink having a surface tension of 34 mN/m or more is provided. The inkjet recording ink contains an anionic self-dispersion pigment having an anionic functional group, a salt, and a water-soluble compound having a hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity coefficient of 0.26 or more. The ink contains a larger amount of cesium ion than the amount of the anionic functional group. The hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity coefficient is defined by equation (A). | 2011-08-25 |
20110205286 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BASE LAYER, INK FOR INKJET AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A base layer is formed on the surface of metal plate, metal pipe, unbaked ceramic sheet, laminated ceramic green sheet, etc., the base layer causing a gelling reaction with inkjet-ink. The base layer improves ink acceptability for low viscosity inks such as inkjet-ink, and prevents oozing, draining, uneven thickness of an ink pattern and a resist pattern. Thus, the present invention enables to use an ink jet process for providing resist patterns for etching, etc., which has to fulfill stringent high precision requirements. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205287 | COMPOSITION AND PRINT MEDIUM - One or more surface treatment compositions and print mediums are disclosed. The surface treatment compositions may comprise at least one surface sizing agent and at least one monovalent and at least one, multivalent metallic salt. Also disclosed are methods for the production of the surface treatment composition and print media with the composition. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205288 | INKJET RECORDING INK, INKJET RECORDING INKSET, INK CARTRIDGE, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER - An inkjet recording ink containing a colorant, a surfactant A, a surfactant B, a water soluble organic solvent, and water, wherein the surfactant A is expressed by any one of Structural Formula (1) and Structural Formula (2), and the surfactant B is expressed by Structural Formula (3): in Structural Formula (1), R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, or an acyl group; Rf represents —CF | 2011-08-25 |
20110205289 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an ink composition including: a pigment, a water-soluble polymerizable compound (A) having an acrylamide structure in a molecule thereof, a water-soluble solvent (B), and water, in which a mass ratio of the polymerizable compound (A) and the water-soluble solvent (B) satisfies 1/10≦B/A≦2/3. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205290 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet image forming method including:
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20110205291 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An aqueous ink composition including: a water-soluble polymerizable compound containing two or more polymerizable functional groups each selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylamide group, a maleimide group, a vinyl sulfone group, and an N-vinyl amide group, wherein a ratio of a molecular weight of the compound relative to a number of the polymerizable functional groups contained in a single molecule of the compound is 175 or less; a polymerization initiator; and water. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205292 | USING NONDEPLETED INK SOURCE FOR MAINTENANCE OPERATION - A method of controlling a maintenance operation in an inkjet printer including an inkjet printhead supplied with fluid from a plurality of fluid sources, the method includes the steps of (a) monitoring the usage of the plurality of fluid sources; (b) identifying a first fluid source that is substantially empty; (c) identifying a second fluid source that is not substantially empty; and (d) performing the maintenance operation using a quantity of fluid from at least the second fluid source. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205293 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a jetting head unit which has a nozzle which jets droplets of a liquid, and a heat generating section, a suction port which is formed in the jetting head unit, and which opens near the nozzle, and a suction device which sucks air around the nozzle from the suction port, and cools down the heat generating section of the jetting head unit by the air which is sucked. Since the heat generating portion is cooled down by the air sucked from the suction port by the suction device, it is possible to reduce a possibility of the heat of the heat generating section being transferred to the jetting head unit, and destabilizing an operation of the jetting head unit. Moreover, since the suction port opens near the nozzle, it is possible to suck fine liquid droplets together with air around the nozzle. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205294 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of recording heads that record an image on a recording medium by ink ejected from the inkjet nozzles and a plurality of wiper members, each arranged corresponding to each recording head, and performing cleaning of a nozzle face of each recording head by moving relative to each recording head. Timing at which at least one of the wiper members abuts against one recording head is different from another timing at which another wiper member differing from the one wiper member abutting against the one recording head abuts against another recording head. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205295 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND WIPING DEVICE - A recording apparatus may comprise a recording head which has an ejection surface, and a wiping device configured to move in a wiping direction. The wiping device may comprise a wiper and a wiper holder. The wiping device may comprise a cam mechanism configured to support the wiper holder and change the height of the wiper holder, such that the wiper is positioned at a contacting height when the cam mechanism is moving in the wiping direction, and such that the wiper is positioned at a separation height when the cam mechanism is moving in the retracting direction. The wiping device may comprise a guide mechanism. The wiping device may comprise a moving device configured to move the wiper and the wiper holder together with the cam mechanism by moving the cam mechanism selectively in either the wiping direction or a retracting direction. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205296 | PRINTER WITH A CONTINUOUS JET PRINTING HEAD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING THE HEAD - The invention relates to a continuous jet printer ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205297 | CONTAINER INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR A FLUID EJECTOR ASSEMBLY - In one embodiment, a fluid ejector assembly includes: a bay for holding a detachable fluid container that includes a fluid outlet at a forward part of the container; a fluid ejector; a fluid inlet at a forward part of the bay through which fluid from the outlet of a fluid container installed in the bay may pass to the fluid ejector; and a stationary guide configured to block an improper installation of a fluid container into the bay without also blocking a proper installation of the fluid container into the bay. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205298 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes: a recording head which records an image to a recording surface of a recording medium; a scanning mechanism which reciprocates the recording head along a scanning direction; a recording direction deciding unit which decides a recording direction along which the recording head scans with respect to the recording surface of the recording medium to record the image, from a first direction along the recording surface and a second direction intersecting with the first direction and along the recording surface; and a changing unit which changes one of the scanning direction of the recording head and a direction of the recording medium to bring the recording direction with respect to the recording surface decided by the recording direction deciding unit and the scanning direction of the recording head in line. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205299 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARRIAGE DOCKING MECHANISM - An image forming apparatus including a first carriage movable in a main scanning direction, a second carriage separatably dockable with the first carriage, a first positioning unit to position the second carriage relative to the first carriage in a sub-scanning direction, a second positioning unit to position the second carriage relative to the first carriage in a rotary direction, and a third positioning unit to position the second carriage relative to the first carriage in the main scanning direction. The first positioning unit includes a reference shaft and notched positioning members to engage the reference shaft. The second positioning unit contacts one of the first and second carriages in the rotary direction upon docking of the first and second carriages. The third positioning unit includes a positioning member, parallel grooved members in the sub-scanning direction, and parallel shafts extending in the sub-scanning direction to engage the grooved members. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205300 | Translation to rotation conversion in an inkjet printhead - A printhead chip for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205301 | Inkjet head - There is provided an inkjet head including: a body portion ejecting ink therein by a driving of an actuator; and a rigidity reinforcing portion coupled to an outer surface of the body portion and reducing deformation of the body portion during the ejecting of the ink. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205302 | PRINTHEAD JETSTACK ALIGNMENT AND ASSEMBLY VERIFICATION FEATURES - An apparatus has a first plate having a first array of holes, with a first plate alignment hole having a smaller size than the other holes in the array, a second plate having a second array of holes to be alignable to the first array of holes, a second plate alignment hole having a smaller size than the other holes in the array, and the first plate alignment hole and the second plate alignment hole having different positions. A method of aligning plates provides a first plate having a top and bottom and first array of holes including a first plate alignment hole having a size smaller than the other holes in the first array, places a second plate having a second array of holes on the top of the first plate such that the first array of holes and the second array of holes align, directs light at the bottom of the first plate, locates a profile of the first plate alignment hole in the second array of holes to verify alignment. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205303 | FLUID EJECTOR STRUCTURE - In one embodiment, a fluid ejector structure includes: a chamber; a bridge spanning at least part of the chamber; a channel through which fluid may enter the chamber; a fluid ejector element on the bridge; and an outlet through which fluid may be ejected from the chamber at the urging of the fluid ejector element. The outlet is disposed opposite the fluid ejector element across a depth of the chamber and the chamber, ejector element and outlet are configured with respect to one another such that substantially all of the fluid in the chamber is ejected through the outlet upon actuation of the ejector element. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205304 | Thermal Bend Actuator With Resistive Heating Bar - A thermal bend actuator including: a pair of electrical contacts positioned at one end of the actuator; an active beam connected to the electrical contacts and extending longitudinally away from the contacts, the active beam defining a bent current flow path between the contacts; and a passive beam fused to the active beam. When a current is passed through the active beam, the active beam heats and expands relative to the passive beam, resulting in bending of the actuator. The active beam includes a resistive heating bar having a relatively smaller cross-sectional area than any other part of the current flow path. Heating of the active beam is concentrated in the heating bar. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205305 | HEATER CHIPS WITH SILICON DIE BONDED ON SILICON SUBSTRATE - A heater chip has a substrate and at least one die, made of silicon, and a bond non-adhesively attaching them. The substrate, thick enough to resist bowing, has ink supply vias from back to front surfaces. The die has ink flow vias from back to front surfaces and circuitry including heater elements adjacent the front surface interspersed with ink flow vias. The at least one die is superimposed on the substrate such that ink supply vias of the substrate align with ink flow vias of the die and portions of substrate front surface and die back surface are aligned, disposed adjacent and facing one another. The bond formed between substrate and die facing surface portions is hermetic and equal in strength to a Si—O bond. A metal through the die connects a conductor on a front of the substrate to a heater element on a front of the die. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205306 | REINFORCED MEMBRANE FILTER FOR PRINTHEAD - A jetting module includes a first substrate, a liquid source, and a second substrate. Portions of the first substrate define a nozzle. The liquid source provides a liquid under pressure sufficient to jet a stream of the liquid through the nozzle. Portions of the second substrate define a filter including a plurality of pores. The filter is positioned between and in fluid communication with the liquid source and the nozzle. The second substrate includes a semi-conductor material. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205307 | SOL-GEL LIQUID, ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND INKJET RECORDER - A sol-gel liquid for use in forming an individualized electromechanical conversion film of an electromechanical conversion element by inkjet methods, including a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) or the PZT and other metal complex oxides; and an organic solvent having properties surrounded by A, B, C, D, E and F in triangular composition diagram of FIG. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205308 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD WIRING MEMBER AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - The first and second cables overlap with each other while at an attitude where the wiring terminal formation surfaces face the same side, and the one-end-side common wiring terminal is located on the outside of the arrangement direction of the wiring terminals of the group of the one-end-side individual electrode wirings. The one end portions of the first and second cables are bent in the same direction so that the wiring terminals respectively face element terminals of piezoelectric elements, and the wiring terminals are respectively bonded to the corresponding element terminals. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205309 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND LIQUID-DROPLET EJECTION HEAD - A piezoelectric actuator disposed on a surface of a flow-path forming member may comprise a first piezoelectric layer disposed farthest from the surface of the flow-path forming member. The piezoelectric actuator may comprise a surface electrode disposed on one surface of the first piezoelectric layer opposite the surface of the flow-path forming member. The piezoelectric actuator may comprise a land bonded to a terminal of a power supply member. The piezoelectric actuator may comprise a continuous detection electrode including an outer peripheral portion extending along the outline of an area that opposes the land to surround the area and being disposed on one of the other surface of the first piezoelectric layer and a surface of a second piezoelectric layer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205310 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric device comprises a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer above the first electrode, a metal oxide film including a lanthanum nickel oxide above the piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode above the metal oxide film. The metal oxide film has a perovskite structure and a lanthanum/nickel molar ratio of 1.2 to 1.5. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205311 | ACTUATOR DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING HEAD INCLUDING THE SAME - An actuator device includes a piezoelectric element including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode that are displaceably provided in sequence on a substrate. The lower electrode includes a flat center portion and an inclined end portion that descends toward the substrate. The piezoelectric layer is disposed above the lower electrode and the substrate, and includes a first, second, and third piezoelectric layer portion constituted by a plurality of columnar crystals. The columnar crystals of the first and second piezoelectric layer portions are orthogonal to the flat portion of the lower electrode and surface of the substrate, while the columnar crystals of the third piezoelectric layer portion extend orthogonally from a surface of the inclined portion and bend to be orthogonal to the surface of the upper electrode, giving the grains of the columnar crystals of the third piezoelectric layer portion larger widths and increased stress resistance. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205312 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A liquid ejecting head that can be of reduced size while maintaining reliability of the terminal connection is provided. According to the liquid ejecting head of the invention, individual element electrode terminals and first side individual electrode wiring terminals of a flexible cable, which are connected to the individual element electrode terminals are arrayed in a direction of a row of pressure chambers, and at least one of a side individual element electrode terminals located in a side portion in a terminal row direction X and a first side individual electrode wiring terminals connected to the side individual element electrode terminals are arranged inclined with respect to a center individual element electrode terminals located in the center portion in the terminal row direction. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205313 | Inkjet print head and method of manufacturing the same - There is provided an inkjet print head including: a pressure chamber storing ink in order to eject the ink to a nozzle; a piezoelectric actuator receiving part being recessed in order to correspond to the pressure chamber in a direction of the pressure chamber; and a piezoelectric actuator received in the piezoelectric actuator receiving part, in which viscous liquid having piezoelectric properties is filled and hardened, and supplying the pressure chamber with a driving force for ejection of the ink. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205314 | DROPLET EJECTING HEAD CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING WORSENING OF DEFORMATION EFFICIENCY OF ACTUATOR - A first piezoelectric layer is formed with independent electrodes separated from one another and arranged at positions corresponding to openings of pressure chambers. The first layer has independent active portions at positions where the independent electrodes are located. The independent active portions can displace selectively. A second piezoelectric layer is formed with individual electrodes connected by connection electrodes and arranged at positions corresponding to the openings. The second layer has individual active portions at positions where the individual electrodes are located. The individual active portions cannot displace selectively. Each opening has a shape that is longer in one direction than in another direction intersecting the one direction. Each individual electrode has a shape that is longer in the one direction than in the another direction. The connection electrodes connect one-direction ends of the individual electrodes with one another, the one-direction ends being ends in the one direction. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205315 | Pressure damper, liquid jet head, and liquid jet apparatus - Provided is a pressure damper reducing pressure fluctuations of liquid and detecting the pressure fluctuations of the liquid. The pressure damper ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205316 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - At a transport pathway which transports recording paper, a passage flow path which can pass the recording paper and gas from the upstream side toward the downstream side in a transport direction is provided and also a reversing flow path portion which reverses the recording paper by passing the recording paper while twisting and rotating the recording paper with an axis line extending in the transport direction as a rotation center is provided at the passage flow path. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205317 | Heated Ink Delivery System - An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first plurality of ink carrying conduits mounted on one side of a heater and a second plurality of conduits mounted on a second side of the heater opposite the first side of the heater. The heater is operated to keep the ink in the conduits on each of the heater in a predetermined temperature range. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205318 | INK TANK CHECK VALVE FOR PRESSURE REGULATION - An ink tank having a tank body and an aperture leading to an outside of the tank body. A valve is biased to close the aperture but is movable to open the aperture by a reduced pressure within the tank body relative to an external pressure outside the tank body. The valve contacts a valve seat and is biased with a predetermined force against the valve seat by a spring. The predetermined force and the area of a contact region between the closing member and the valve seat determine how much pressure difference is needed to open the aperture. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205319 | PRINTHEAD INCLUDING PORT AFTER FILTER - A printhead includes a liquid source, a first substrate, a filter, and a liquid chamber. Portions of the first substrate define a nozzle adapted to emit liquid from the liquid source. The liquid chamber includes a port. The liquid chamber is in fluid communication with the nozzle and the filter and is positioned between the first substrate and the filter. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205320 | RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus includes: an upstream conveying unit that intermittently conveys a recording medium from an upstream side to a downstream side in a conveying direction; a downstream conveying unit that continuously conveys the recording medium; a recording unit that deposits a liquid and performs a recording process on the recording medium while the recording medium is being intermittently conveyed by the upstream conveying unit and has stopped; a fixing unit that performs a fixing process for fixing the liquid on the recording medium being continuously conveyed by the downstream conveying unit after the liquid has been deposited by the recording unit; and a control unit that controls the downstream conveying unit so that the downstream conveying unit conveys the recording medium at a conveying velocity that is higher than an average conveying velocity when the recording medium is conveyed by the upstream conveying unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205321 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head which ejects an aqueous ultraviolet-curable ink toward a recording surface of a recording medium; a holding and drying unit including: a suction holding drum which conveys the recording medium while holding a back surface side of the recording medium by suction through suction holes formed in an outer circumferential surface of the drum; and a hot air flow drying device disposed to face the outer circumferential surface of the drum; a transfer conveyance device which is arranged at a downstream side of the holding and drying unit and conveys the recording medium while holding a leading end of the recording medium and curving the back surface side in a convex shape; and a fixing unit including an ultraviolet light irradiation device which is arranged at a downstream side of the transfer conveyance device and irradiates ultraviolet light onto the image. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205322 | PRINTER - A printer is provided that can convey recording paper at a constant transportation speed and transportation amount passed a printing position by means of the transportation force of a single transportation roller pair located on the upstream side of the printing position. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205323 | Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus - Disclosed is a sheet conveyance device installed in an image forming apparatus having an image forming part that forms an image on a sheet member. The sheet conveyance device includes an ejecting/inverting path functioning not only as an ejecting path through which the sheet member having the image formed thereon by the image forming section is ejected outside the image forming apparatus but also as an inverting path through which the sheet member having the image formed thereon is conveyed with front and rear sides thereof inverted in a direction opposite to an ejecting direction; and an inverted-sheet directly ejecting path through which the sheet member with the front and rear sides thereof inverted in the ejecting/inverting path is ejected outside the image forming apparatus without passing through the image forming part. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205324 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING SUB-SCANNING MISALIGNMENT OF BEAMS ON A PHOTOCONDUCTOR - An image forming apparatus forms a latent image on a photoconductor by irradiating light beams from a plurality of light sources onto the photoconductor. A detection unit detects a time difference between timings of start writing on the photoconductor by the light beams in a main scanning direction. A calculation unit calculates a shift of each of the light beams in a sub-scanning direction based on the time difference detected by the detection unit and a rotation speed of the photoconductor. A correction unit corrects irradiated positions on the photoconductor by the light beams in the sub-scanning direction based on the shift calculated by the calculation unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205325 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light source device includes a light source, a coupling lens, a first opening plate, a second opening plate, a photoreceptor, a package member, a cover glass, a half mirror, and a light source control device. In relation to a main-scanning corresponding direction and a sub-scanning corresponding direction, divergence angles θm and θs of a light beam output from the light source, emission angles θm | 2011-08-25 |
20110205326 | LINERLESS LABELS - Linerless labels are presented. A label includes a specific pattern or set of patterns of adhesive applied to one side of the label. The adhesive pattern(s) reduces contact between a cutter blade of a printer and the adhesive on the one side of the label. Moreover, the adhesive patterns reduce buildup of adhesive on the cutter blade and reduce buildup at specific locations on the cutter blade. That is, the adhesive patterns more evenly distribute adhesive buildup across the cutter blade. Consequently, the cutter blade can be used for a longer period of time before the cutter blade needs to be cleaned of the adhesive. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205327 | RECORDING HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording head including: a non-electrically conductive support member; a base board provided above the support member, the base board being provided with light emitting elements for forming an image on a recording medium, a drive section for causing the light emitting elements to emit light, a first earth connection member provided at an end portion of the base board, and a second earth connection member provided at a location of a connection member, having one end connected to a control section for controlling the drive section and another end connected to drive section; a conducting member provided at a predetermined place relative to the support member and connected to an earth; a first conduction section conducting between the conducting member and the first earth connection member; and a second conduction section conducting between the conducting member and the second earth connection member. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205328 | VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM, VIDEO CONFERENCING APPARATUS, VIDEO CONFERENCING CONTROL METHOD, AND VIDEO CONFERENCING CONTROL PROGRAM - To provide a video conferencing system that a user can continue to use even when the user leaves for a different location. The video conferencing system includes: a takeover information generation unit ( | 2011-08-25 |